David Baskin

Experience

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  QinetiQ North America

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Accounting Intern

  Worked with VP of Finance of major US Defense Contractor, and worked special projects with SVP of Contacts and Procurement. Performed internal auditor over Comprehensive Contract Review and documented findings and gaps. Standardized company-wide forms for use in procurement and sales of goods to government entities. Made various presentations to SVP of Contracts, CFO and subsidiary group CFO’s and VP of Contracts. Assisted in creating charter for Board of Director’s Audit Committee.

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  PricewaterhouseCoopers

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Advisory Intern

  Performed Audit testing pursuant to OMB A-123 Internal Control for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Executed testing plans for operational and accounting controls, updated and consolidated issues log, reviewed evidenced on the client’s intranet, SharePoint, and created Sub-certification binders for key client employees to sign off Internal Controls. Performed file checks for a GAO request that was added to the deliverable.

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  PwC

  Aug 2012 - Jul 2018

  Mr. Baskin works with Federal Government Agencies and Offices that provide funding to the American public in direct lending, guaranteeing, or insuring loans and grants. Mr. Baskin recently led and managed a team supporting an Operating Division (OD) within a major Office of the U.S. Treasury. Mr. Baskin designed and stood up a QA program to review the OD’s high impact business programs for risk management and internal control practices against related GAO Frameworks. Mr. Baskin built a strategic roadmap, operating model, governance model and structure, communications plan, and multiple tools and templates to allow the program to operate successfully and achieve its expected benefits. Following the creation of the program, Mr. Baskin led a team to conduct a pilot review to execute and stand up the program. At the completion of the Pilot, Mr. Baskin re-evaluated the design of the program and related tool/templates for revisions and updates prior to transitioning full time execution of the program to the related Office. Mr. Baskin supports the CFO Office for multiple Offices to confirm compliance with the Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA), OMB Circular A-123 Appendix A Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICOFR), and GAO's Green Book (based on COSO). Mr. Baskin manages a team reviewing and testing multiple Business Processes and Information Technology Systems. In his capacity, Mr. Baskin manages the annual plan and timeline along with all related tasks, conducts stakeholder walkthroughs, reviews process documentation and testing results, and works with agency contacts to finalize information for year-end reporting requirements. Show less Various Government Entities:Created and performed a daily reconciliation on all incoming and outgoing funds in a 25 billion dollar loan portfolio for an agency that guarantees commercial loans for fixed assets. Worked in conjunction with a major US bank to service and continuously fund new loans. Performed business process improvements and redesigned processes to increase program transparency and reporting requirements. Provided SSAE 16 support to major US bank by working with them to provide documentation and evidence to auditors. Performed internal audit/continuous monitoring of the bank’s/programs processes by creating risk control matrices, identifying key controls, writing and performing test plans. Upon completion of testing, identified control gaps and made recommendations to the client on process improvements.Assisted Office of the CFO for a government agency implementing OMB A-123 requirements for the revenue cycle across all business lines. Identified key stakeholders, conducted interviews, and walkthroughs to document different internal controls throughout the business lines. Created narratives, risk control matrices, identified key controls, wrote test plans, developed PBC list and identified control gaps. Worked with federal agency that guarantees mortgage loans in evaluating if their guarantee fee pricing on their structured mortgage transactions were both competitive and priced high enough to warrant the full faith and credit of the U.S Government. Researched and provided market analysis of the client, and its two main competitors, in order to provide the team’s recommendations. Bank Foreclosure Review:Performed foreclosure reviews as part of the Independent Foreclosure Review as directed by the US Federal Reserve in wake of all the foreclosures stemming from the financial crash of 2008-09. Show less

  • Manager

    Jul 2017 - Jul 2018

  • Senior Associate

    Jul 2015 - Jun 2017

  • Advisory Experienced Associate

    Aug 2012 - Jul 2015
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  Association of Government Accountants (AGA)

  Sept 2014 - now

  Director

  Mr. Baskin serves on the Board of Directors and is on the Member Services committee. Mr. Baskin is responsible for organizing, attending, and providing monthly activities to the 2000+ members of the Washington DC chapter of AGA.

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  Guidehouse

  Jul 2018 - now

  Mr. Baskin currently provides financial management services to some of the U.S. Government's largest loan and grant providers and financial institutional regulators. He provides internal control support specializing in OMB Circular A-123, Appendix A, and BPR/process transformation in a time when agencies are asked to do more with continuously less discretionary funding. Mr. Baskin is currently leading in assessment in a U.S. State analyzing the environment of non-instructional spending in the K-12 education system in an effort to identify efficiencies and cost savings to redirect funds into the classroom and increase instructional spending on today's youth. The assessment involves Mr. Baskin periodically presenting status and results to CEOs of the largest public/private companies in the state and university Presidents. Show less

  • Director

    Feb 2022 - now

  • Associate Director

    Sept 2020 - Feb 2022

  • Manager

    Jul 2018 - Sept 2020